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<p>DALLAS TWP. &#8212; While speakers talked of what philanthropy and vision were creating, the real work was underway on the other side of a chain-link fence behind them. Workers on three separate lifts hammered and welded the metal skeleton that will support Misericordia University&#8217;s science center expansion.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll speak louder, they won&#8217;t shut down the work for me,&#8221; Christopher Borton quipped as he offered opening remarks at a &#8220;beam signing&#8221; event Wednesday. The board of trustees chairman referred to the steel I-beam nearby, propped up high enough for people to sign with one of the Sharpies resting atop. &#8220;It&#8217;s modest in length but rich in importance and relevance to the writing of the most recent chapter in the history of our 95-year-old university.</p><p>&#8220;Writing&#8221; was exactly what went on before, during and after the ceremony built around the &#8220;final beam,&#8221; to be placed in the coming days in the canopy of the new wing&#8217;s new entrance. Students sauntered up to the beam throughout the event to write their names and become a small part of the school&#8217;s history.</p><p>Mary Erwine, co-chair of the fundraising campaign to pay for the building, noted the campaign &#8220;was the most ambitious ever.&#8221; Behind her, a worker torqued a bolt that sparked a welding torch.</p><p>&#8220;Philanthropy is an investment in the innumerable contributions our students have made and will continue to make,&#8221; Fellow co-chair Sandy Insalaco said in his brief remarks.</p><p>University President Thomas Botzman quoted Frank Henry, who contributed a large donation at the beginning of the campaign: &#8220;This is a big one for Misericordia. I know you need my help, please use my gift to challenge others.&#8221; The $45 million building, upon expansion and renovation, will bear the name Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Science Center.</p><p>The couple&#8217;s daughter Marjorie Henry Marquart dubbed it as much a &#8220;service&#8221; center as a science center, saying &#8220;it embodies what my parents were all about,&#8221; adding that her father&#8217;s name may be on the building, &#8220;it&#8217;s about the people who use it.&#8221;</p><p>It was a sentiment Buz Boback echoed when he signed the beam. The Henrys &#8220;are good people. It doesn&#8217;t matter who you are, they would help you out.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Students are asked to sign the last I-beam that will go into the new science center at Misericordia University. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_TTL092619misericordia-building5-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Students are asked to sign the last I-beam that will go into the new science center at Misericordia University. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_TTL092619misericordia-building4-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Buz Boback signs the beam that will be placed on the new science center at Misericordia University. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_TTL092619misericordia-building4-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Buz Boback signs the beam that will be placed on the new science center at Misericordia University. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_TTL092619misericordia-building2-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Marjorie Henry Marquart speaks on behalf of her parents, the donors for the new science center at Misericordia University. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_TTL092619misericordia-building2-1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Marjorie Henry Marquart speaks on behalf of her parents, the donors for the new science center at Misericordia University. </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_TTL092619misericordia-building3-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Attendees at the beam signing clap for President Thomas Botzman at Misericordia University. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_TTL092619misericordia-building3-1.jpg</photo3><caption3>Attendees at the beam signing clap for President Thomas Botzman at Misericordia University. </caption3><photoCredit3>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_TTL092619misericordia-building1-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Zachary Strazdus, a Misericordia freshman, signs a beam that will be placed in the new science center. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web1_TTL092619misericordia-building1-1.jpg</photo4><caption4>Zachary Strazdus, a Misericordia freshman, signs a beam that will be placed in the new science center. </caption4><photoCredit4>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>University hosts &#8216;beam signing&#8217; for science center expansion</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Mark Guydish</p><p>mguydish@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

‘A big one’ for Misericordia